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SOLUTION FOR LARGE & MULTI-OFFICE FIRMS

One firm. Every office. Clear operating standards.

Create consistent workflows, centralized visibility, clear ownership, and reliable client service across locations—while preserving the approved local responsibilities that make each office effective.

Phased rollout by office, team, or service lineShared standards without unnecessary local disruptionLeadership visibility into workload, deadlines, and exceptions
Built around your current systems · Professional review stays with your firm
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TaxAutomate · Leadership
FIRM-WIDE VIEW

Multi-office operations

Sample view
5Locations
142Team members
23.6kEngagements
OwnerTracked handoffs
Client / TeamStatusWorkDue
Irvine OfficeOn trackIndividual TaxSep 15
Chicago OfficeReview pressureBusiness TaxSep 15
Dallas OfficeOn trackAdvisorySep 30
NY OfficeClient delaysBookkeepingSep 20
FIRM STANDARD

Shared stages + review gates across offices

Connected to the right client and next action.

LOCAL OWNERSHIP

Office teams keep approved responsibilities

Connected to the right client and next action.

LEADERSHIP VIEW

Workload, deadlines, and exceptions in one view

Connected to the right client and next action.

One operating model does not mean every office has to look identical.

Establish the firm-wide rules that protect quality and visibility, while preserving approved local responsibilities where they help offices serve clients effectively.

FIRM OPERATING STANDARDShared visibilityStages · approvals · client context · leadership reporting
Irvine OfficeTax + advisory
Local owners · shared standards
Chicago OfficeTax + bookkeeping
Local owners · shared standards
Dallas OfficeBusiness tax
Local owners · shared standards
New York OfficeAdvisory + tax
Local owners · shared standards
STANDARDIZE WHAT MATTERS. LOCALIZE WHAT SHOULD STAY LOCAL.

Firm-wide standards

01
Core workflow stages

Common definitions for intake, preparation, review, approval, delivery, and close.

02
Professional review gates

Clear approval points for work that requires qualified judgment.

03
Client communication rules

Approved status, reminders, escalation, and handoff patterns.

04
Leadership reporting

Consistent visibility into workload, deadlines, blockers, and service status.

Approved local flexibility

01
Office ownership

Local teams can retain the relationships and responsibilities that fit the service model.

02
Service-line variation

Tax, bookkeeping, and advisory workflows can preserve their own operational details.

03
Phased rollout

Introduce changes by office, team, service line, or workflow instead of forcing a big-bang conversion.

04
System handoffs

Confirm the available connection or handoff for each tool before standardizing the process around it.

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Built around real people and real work.
STANDARDS SHOULD SUPPORT PEOPLE

Firm-wide standards should create confidence—not flatten every office into the same shape.

The strongest model defines what must be consistent while preserving the local responsibilities, client knowledge, and service-line practices that help teams perform well.

Shared definitions where they matter
Local ownership where it adds value
Clear professional review gates
Leadership can see exceptions without micromanaging
Same standard. Local strength. Better client service.
PHASE THE CHANGE

Expand with a clear operating model.

Start with how the firm works today, define the standards that matter, introduce one proven workflow, and expand at a pace the organization can absorb.

Map

Offices, teams, systems.

Align

Firm-wide standards.

Configure

Stages, roles, approvals.

Pilot

One office or service line.

Validate

Real work + feedback.

Measure

Visibility + exceptions.

Expand

Next office or workflow.

Improve

Refine with operating data.

LEADERSHIP VIEW

See the firm as an operating system—not a set of disconnected offices.

Give leaders an actionable view of workload, deadline risk, client blockers, review capacity, billing, and service-line status.

Firm-wide operationsAll locations · Current period
5Locations
142Team members
23,600Active / recurring work items
64Exceptions requiring attention
OfficeWorkloadReview queueBlockedDeadline risk
IrvineBalanced189Low
ChicagoHigh3112High
DallasBalanced146Low
New YorkHigh2615Medium

Connect client service, work, review, and reporting across the organization.

Large firms should be able to phase adoption around existing systems and service lines while keeping firm-wide visibility and approved controls in view.

01

AI Front Desk

Calls, texts, email, website inquiries, lead qualification, booking, follow-up, and connected system updates.

02

Client Portal & CRM

Documents, requests, messages, appointments, payments, progress, ownership, and next actions.

03

Tax Automation

Source-linked workpapers, prepared values, configured tax-software lanes, exceptions, and review handoff.

04

Practice Management

Workload, owners, deadlines, requests, reviews, billing, delivery, and operational reporting.

05

TaxAutomate Copilot

Completed returns, documents, notices, and client history organized into review-ready advisory or IRS-response work.

06

Website & Mobile App

A branded digital front door connected to booking and the client experience.

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Built around real people and real work.
ONE PLATFORM, MANY TEAMS

A connected firm is still made of people serving people.

Centralized visibility works best when each office can see its work clearly, leadership can see risk early, and clients experience the same professionalism wherever they enter the firm.

Cross-office visibility
Consistent client context
Phased adoption by office or service line
Leadership reporting grounded in real workflow
Unify the operating system without erasing the people who make each office successful.
KEEP THE STACK YOU TRUST

Map the systems by office before standardizing the handoffs.

We confirm the available connection or handoff for each provider and office configuration before recommending a rollout. Not every system has the same connection depth or direction.

Tax softwarePractice managementEmailCloud filesCalendarsE-signaturesAccounting

Consistency does not require a big-bang system replacement.

The improvement is not “more software.” It is fewer moments where someone has to reconstruct what happened, who owns the next step, or what the client still needs to do.

Disconnected

Work lives in separate places.

×Each office defines status differently.
×Leadership reporting depends on manual consolidation.
×Ownership and review rules vary without visibility.
×Change requires every location to move at once.
Connected in TaxAutomate

The client, work, and next action stay together.

✓Shared definitions and approval gates create comparable operations.
✓Operational status can roll up from the same underlying workflow context.
✓Role-based ownership and review can stay explicit.
✓Rollout can be phased by office, service line, team, or workflow.
PRACTICAL QUESTIONS

Large & multi-office firms: practical questions.

Does every office need to change systems at the same time?+

No. A sample first phase could standardize organizer and document-request stages in one office, check ownership and reviewer handoffs, then compare exceptions before adding another office. Identity and reporting requirements are scoped separately.

Can local offices keep different responsibilities?+

Yes. The goal is shared standards where consistency matters, with approved local ownership where it supports client service.

Are SSO, SCIM, and cross-office reporting included?+

Do not assume they are included. SSO and SCIM require an explicit identity review, and cross-office reporting depends on the data and permissions available in your configuration. We document supported controls, gaps, and any manual step in the proposed scope before rollout.

READY WHEN YOU ARE

Standardize the work that should be consistent. Preserve the local strengths that should not be erased.

We will map your offices, service lines, systems, responsibilities, and highest-impact handoffs into a phased operating model.

Start with one workflowKeep your existing systemsProfessional control stays with your firm